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Anabolism

A-nab′o-lism

,
Noun.
(Physiol.)
The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from
catabolism
.

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anabolism

anabolism

English

Noun

anabolism (usually uncountable, plural anabolisms)

  1. The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
    • 2008, Carlon M. Colker, Extreme Muscle Enhancement, 3rd edition, page 13-14.
      We used to think bodybuilding was all about anabolism by way of turning on testosterone and growth hormone secretion.

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  • anabolism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913